Section 48
It is a condition of every Amateur Apparatus licence that -
of Telecommunications (Radio-Communication) Regulations, 2013
(a} messages transmitted through an Amateur radio-communication equipment shall be in plain language and shall relate solely to the licensee's experiments or personal affairs (not being business affairs), or to the personal affairs of the person with whom the licensee is communicating;
(b)
the Amateur radio-communication equipment shall not be used for transmitting news, advertisements, communications of a business or non-experimental character, messages for pecuniary reward or messages for or on behalf of a third party;
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(c)
except with the written permission of the Authority, no Amateur
Apparatus licensee shall call or transmit to any radio-communication equipment other than an Amateur radio-communication equipment;
(d)
messages may only be exchanged with another Amateur radio-communication equipment, except where prohibited by law; and
(e)
transmission shall not commence without listening in on the radio frequency to be used in order to ascertain that no interference is likely to be caused to any other radio-communication equipment which may be functioning.
Power of Authority to order transmission.